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by Perryman on February 7th, 2007

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What is RPC, Remote Procedure Call?

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  • by Im Alec has abandoned this account on February 7th, 2007

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    It is fairly self explanatory - a procedure call made on software running in a remote machine.

    In the calling machine there is a stub, which has the same parameters as the remote procedure. The stub simply packages up all the parameters and sends them over the network to the remote machine. A Server in the remote machine accepts the message, unpacks the parameters, and calls the desired procedure. It then packs up the return result, if any, and sends it over the network to the stub, which returns it to the caller. The net effect is for the caller to achieve "action at a distance".

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